Biotech Talents#

Biotech talents are talents of a special kind that involves genetic or bodily modification. Usually, they require an expert biologist, and don’t come cheap. Certain individuals are known to exhibit exotic phenomena that lay outside the spectrum of normal human physiology. These freaks may buy Biotech talents via XP.

Cilia#

Cost: 5 XP or 150 Coin

Stick to walls and ceilings, and climb at normal speed with no need for skill tests.

Gills#

Cost: 5 XP or 150 Coin

Breath underwater.

Keen Ears#

Cost: 5 XP or 150 Coin

Gain the Hearing 5 focus.

Keen Eyes#

Cost: 5 XP or 150 Coin

Gain the Sight 5 focus.

Keen Nose#

Cost: 5 XP or 150 Coin

Gain the Scent 5 focus.

Oxygen Pockets#

Cost: 5 XP or 150 Coin

You can hold your breath for a number of rounds equal to twice your Resilience score.

Passive Regeneration#

Cost: 5 XP or 150 Coin

Injuries don’t scare you, they won’t stay for long. Recover 1 Stress at the start of each round. This talent may be taken up to 3 times.

Zyrot#

Cost: 5 XP or 150 Coin

Increase your Natural Armor by +1 to a max of +3. Your Natural Armor serves as resistance against physical attacks, ablating by 1 with every hit, but is tracked separately from normal Armor and treated as another track. It recovers at the start of a scene.